Posted on 10/02/2014 4:11:51 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
Opponents of Wisconsin's photo ID requirement for voters took their case to the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, seeking an emergency halt to the state's implementation of the law before the fast approaching Nov. 4 election.
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In their petition, voter ID opponents told the Supreme Court that there's not enough time to properly implement the law in the month remaining in the tight race between GOP Gov. Scott Walker and Democratic challenger Mary Burke.
"Thousands of Wisconsin voters stand to be disenfranchised by this law going into effect so close to the election. Hundreds of absentee ballots have already been cast, and the appeals court's order is fueling voter confusion and election chaos. Eleventh-hour changes in election rules have traditionally been disfavored precisely because the risk of disruption is simply too high," said Dale Ho, director of the Voting Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union, which represents the voters suing the state.
On Sept. 12, the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled that the law could be put in place for the election while a lawsuit over the requirement creeps forward, leaving state officials and local election clerks sprinting to put the law in place. Late Wednesday, the 7th Circuit judges who restored voter ID issued an opinion that noted Wisconsin officials could waive the ID requirement for absentee voting.
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, who is defending the law in court, said that blocking voter ID anew would sow further confusion and bring about the effect that the law's opponents want to avoid.
"This is surprising and disappointing given the ACLU's previously stated concern over changing the law so close to an election. Apparently, they've abandoned that view and are no longer concerned about voter confusion," Van Hollen said.
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There; fixed it.
Apparently, there are internal polls that are telling the Dhimmicrats that they are going to lose BIG in Wisconsin.
They’ll (USSC) not change it. They’ll hold it’s the same as Indiana’s!
I always wonder what the “no ID” crowd is trying to hide. Oh wait . . . I know . . .
DemonRATs have zero scruples. If they can steal an election, they’ll do it. They rationalize it in their minds that their side will be able to make everything so much better.
The honesty of elections tells how corrupt or noncorrupt the society.
In a just and honest society, the DNC leadership would all be serving long prison terms for vote fraud.
But when the Dem Party gets their est. 30 million illegals the vote, the USSA will be a permanent one party state, like any other dictatorship so voting will no longer be necessary.
There will just be the Masters and the slaves.
Wait a minute! I thought the League of Women Voters was an unbiased, neutral group that sponsored fair and equal debates?
Are you trying to say that they’re just a liberal front group?
All those voters who registered in Racine and Milwaukee with Best Buy flyers addressed to "Resident" as proof of address are gonna have a hard time showing up this time. And the practice of gathering the lists of those who haven't voted won't be as valuable when you can't send impostors to fill in for those who haven't voted.
That being said, I don't trust that the law will be implemented properly in the urban areas of the state.
They don’t have any business in this.
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